, 1887-01-25
TO THE POINT.
Senator Ingalls, Plain Talk on
the Fishery Question.
He Declares the Trouble Must
be Settled
Either by Diplomacy or by
Blood.
TO THE POINT.
PLAIN Talk IN the Senate.


WAsHINGToN, Jan. A.-Duriug tn,
discussion of the fishery retaliation bill
Nh. Edmunds asked Senator lngall,
whether he meant to say that any ac'
which the people of the United State,
might consider a violation of a treaty wa.
necessarily a casus belli,
Mr.. Ingalls, mean to say that de.
clared and avowed and continued viola.
tions OF treaty obligations or OF %interna'
tlonal laws are Il casus belli.
Mr.. Edmunds-It does not necessarily
follow that every breach of treaty is to be
followed by war.
Mr.. Ingalls-How about ii continuous,
deliberate, willful violation of a treaty?
Mr.. Edmunds-That il a different
thing.
Mr.. lngalls-That is this case. This
trouble has got to. be settled-so far as this
bill is concerned either by diplomacy or
by blood. England had always been a
%rufian, L coward and bully among the
nations Of the earth, i~nsolent tothe weak,
tyrannical to the feeble and cringing and
obsequious to the strong. Her history
for centuries had been a record of crime
against the human race-in Ireland, in
Scotland, in Wales, against the Roman
Catholic. against the Beers of South
Africa, against the Hindoos, and Chinese.
Wherever there had been a feeble, weak,
helpless nation, Great Britain has been
there for the purpose of rapacity and
plumber and conquest. England bears no
good will to this country. The memory
of two defeats rankles, | dare say, in the
breasts Of Englishmen. When | say that
Great Britain is not friendly to this coun-
try | mean that the ruling classes are I'M
friendly TO this country. Her course has
been always one of wrong, insolence
and outrage. England cheated the
South with false hopes of r%ecogni-
ton and injured the North by
violation of neutrality. | believe
that there is no special reciprocity of good
will on the part of America toward Eng
land. There are few Americans who do
not regret Waterloo; there are few Amer
leans who do not recognize the fact that
the course of England toward this country
has been one of insolence and suspicion
and outrage, from the beginning Of our
national existence, If read this transac-
ton Alright, there is no purpose on the
part Of Great Britain to secure a peaceful
solution or pacific Interpretation of the
doubtful provisions of the treaty of 1878;
but rather a deliberate purpose so far to
foment irritation and discomfort between
Canada and the United States, as to pre-
vent that paci6cation in the immediate
future which would be inevitable if both
people were left to the operation of the
natural laws of trade and society. | see
very plainly what the purpose of Great
Britain has been in the matter. She
desired to render it impossible for Tree
friendly rec procal relations political and
otherwise) to exist between Canada and
the United States. Therefore | was glad
to hear of the Interpretation placed on
purposed legislation by the senator from
Maine (Mr. Frye, that so far as he is con-
cerned it is to be a declaration to Great
Britain recognizing her agency and power
in the natter, that she will persist further
at her peril.